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HKG Hong Kong ⇄ MNL Manila

Hong Kong International Airport (Hong Kong) and Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Philippines): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,146 km712 mi619 nautical miles
HKG → MNL2 h 20 minestimated block time
MNL → HKG2 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hManila vs Hong Kong, today
Great-circle route from Hong Kong (HKG) to Manila (MNL)HKGHong KongMNLManila
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

HKG → MNL

2 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 138° (SE).

Leave Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Manila Sat 7 Nov, 12:20 local.

MNL → HKG

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 320° (NW).

Leave Manila Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

The two directions differ by 4 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,146 km · 712 mi · 619 nmi
Initial heading138° (SE) from HKG; 320° (NW) from MNL
Farthest from the equator22.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

HKGAsia/Hong_Kong — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
MNLAsia/Manila — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceManila is on the same clock as Hong Kong today.

Jet lag, flying HKG → MNL. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

HKG Hong Kong International AirportHong Kong, Hong Kong · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m MNL Ninoy Aquino International AirportManila, Philippines · longest runway 12,261 ft3,737 m

More routes from HKG and MNL

HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 mi · 3 h 20 min HKGNRT Hong Kong – Tokyo 2,962 km1,841 mi · 4 h 10 min CDGHKG Paris – Hong Kong 9,590 km5,959 mi · 11 h 10 min SFOHKG San Francisco – Hong Kong 11,128 km6,915 mi · 14 h 50 min JFKHKG New York – Hong Kong 12,970 km8,059 mi · 15 h 55 min MNLCEB Manila – Cebu 567 km352 mi · 1 h 40 min SINMNL Singapore – Manila 2,375 km1,476 mi · 3 h 45 min SYDMNL Sydney – Manila 6,263 km3,892 mi · 8 h 20 min LAXMNL Los Angeles – Manila 11,740 km7,295 mi · 15 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRBCN London – Barcelona 1,148 km713 mi · 2 h 20 min LHRVCE London – Venice 1,151 km715 mi · 2 h 15 min SCLEZE Santiago – Buenos Aires 1,138 km707 mi · 2 h 15 min EWRORD Newark – Chicago 1,154 km717 mi · 2 h 30 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).